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Articles by Caitlyn Bradburn

Caitlyn Bradburn, Peace Corps Volunteer

Notes from the Field: Hospital Care in Maroua
May 13, 2009 – 1:43 pm | No Comment
Notes from the Field: Hospital Care in Maroua

Not too long ago, I decided to visit a hospital where many of the association members go for their health care.

Relatively speaking, this hospital is a good one. It is private, meaning that the patients pay for their services—and the bills can quickly add up! There is a lab and a pharmacy on site which also makes for better, more streamlined, faster services.

Notes from the Field: Collective Efficacy
April 1, 2009 – 1:25 pm | No Comment
Notes from the Field: Collective Efficacy

This is a good day. This is a good life. It does not take much to remind me of all the wealth, non-material, of course, and beauty that exists around me. Sometimes I do need …

Notes from the Field: Peer Education
February 9, 2009 – 1:29 pm | No Comment
Notes from the Field: Peer Education

I have been working hard to create the peer education curriculum and spent much of this week publicizing the program to the EFA’s youth groups of people living with HIV/AIDS. The training, which will take …

Notes from the Field: The Beginnings with EFA
January 1, 2009 – 1:33 pm | No Comment
Notes from the Field: The Beginnings with EFA

After just a month after my arrival here in Maroua, I feel more and more comfortable with the city and with all of the potentials for work opportunities. For a few weeks, I felt overwhelmed …